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Evidence of early evolution of Australidelphia (Metatheria, Mammalia) in South America: phylogenetic relationships of the metatherians from the Late Palaeocene of Itaboraí (Brazil) based on teeth and petrosal bones

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Ladevèze, Sandrine, Muizon, Christian De (2010): Evidence of early evolution of Australidelphia (Metatheria, Mammalia) in South America: phylogenetic relationships of the metatherians from the Late Palaeocene of Itaboraí (Brazil) based on teeth and petrosal bones. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 159 (3): 746-784, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00577.x, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00577.x

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